Atari 5200 color warm up

[Charlie_]

I know it has been talked about before but I wanted to bring this up again.

 

Both my 4 port and 2 port systems take a few minutes to warm up to the correct colors.

It is not very noticeable most of the time but if I put Adventure 2 in a cold system the game select screen starts off as a very blue blue-green. If I let the system sit and stay on within 2 mins the blueish blue-green turns to a more green blue-green.

 

I replaced my GTIA and also the cap at C4. The colors seem to warm up much faster now, but it is still noticable.

 

Anyone else notice a color warm up time with the 5200? Mostly you might not notice but with Adventure 2, The ground color turns from a light green to a brownish color.

[zylon]

It takes a little time for the voltage regulators to warm up. As they get older, they're a little slower to do so.

[+Mitch]

Yeah, it's either the voltage regulator or the electrolytic caps getting old. They can be replaced fairly inexpensively though. Soldering is required.

 

Mitch

[0078265317]

It takes a little time for the voltage regulators to warm up. As they get older, they're a little slower to do so.

 

So does that mean they will eventually die. And if so how long will the ones you replaced in mine last?